In Israel and the Occupied Territories, the Israeli government has committed another violation of a months-long truce. On Wednesday, Israeli troops killed four Hamas militants after crossing into Gaza. Israel says the dead were planting explosives. Israel has imposed a week-long fuel and food blockade on Gaza after Hamas responded to the killing of six Palestinians in an earlier Israeli attack. Hamas spokesperson Ayman Taha called the latest killings another provocation.

Ayman Taha: “We in Hamas assure that these statements will not scare us, and it is only a storm in a mug. The Zionist enemy tried several times to hinder the Palestinian resistance. We assure that these threats will not scare us and will not stop us from achieving our resistance.”